Medication injection supervisor device

Abstract

A medication injection supervisor device, in one example embodiment, comprises a particular sleeve, the particular sleeve being designed to lock onto to a prefabricated injection pen of a particular design, a universal header designed slide onto the particular sleeve irrespective of the particular model of the prefabricated injection pen, an electronics assembly housed by the universal header, a sensor to detect an injection automatically, the sensor being communicatively coupled to the electronics assembly, a display to display injection data, and a button to allow manipulation and display of the injection data, including resetting of the time. The medication injection supervisor device can infer the completion of the injection from a plunger of the injection pen being depressed.

What I claim is: 
     
         1 . A medication injection supervisor device, the device comprising:
 a particular sleeve, the particular sleeve being designed to rigidly lock onto to a prefabricated injection pen of a particular design;   a universal header designed to rigidly lock onto the particular sleeve irrespective of the particular model of the prefabricated injection pen;   an electronics assembly housed by the universal header;   a sensor to detect an injection automatically, the sensor being communicatively coupled to the electronics assembly;   a display to display injection data; and   one or more buttons to allow manipulation and display of the injection data, the manipulation including resetting the time.   
     
     
         2 . The device of  claim 1 , further comprising a locking pin to prevent the injection by blocking an injection mechanism of the injection pen upon determination that the injection is to create an overdose condition according to predetermined criteria. 
     
     
         3 . The device of  claim 2 , wherein the locking pin is to release when a lower dosage is selected or is overridden via a button combination. 
     
     
         4 . The device of  claim 1 , further comprising an interface to transfer data from the medication injection supervisor device and to configure the medication injection supervisor device remotely. 
     
     
         5 . The device of  claim 4 , wherein the data is analyzed using separate software to produce trend information, the trend information enabling optimization of times and dosages. 
     
     
         6 . The device of  claim 5 , wherein the electronics assembly is programmed according to the analysis. 
     
     
         7 . A medication injection supervisor device, the device comprising:
 a particular sleeve, the particular sleeve being designed to rigidly lock onto to a prefabricated injection pen of a particular design;   a universal header designed to rigidly lock onto the particular sleeve irrespective of the particular model of the prefabricated injection pen; and   a dosage reading system to read a dosage of medication delivered by the prefabrication injection pen.   
     
     
         8 . The device of  claim 7 , wherein the dosage reading system includes a clip specific to the prefabricated injection pen attached to a plunger of the prefabricated injection pen, the dosage being determined by a position of the clip shaft within the universal header. 
     
     
         9 . A medication injection supervisor device, the device comprising:
 a particular sleeve, the particular sleeve being designed to rigidly lock onto to a prefabricated injection pen of a particular design;   a universal header designed to rigidly lock onto the particular sleeve irrespective of the particular model of the prefabricated injection pen;   an electronics assembly housed by the universal header;   a sensor to detect an injection automatically, the sensor being communicatively coupled to the electronics assembly;   a display to display injection data;   a button to allow manipulation and display of the injection data, the manipulation including resetting the time;   an optical imaging subsystem communicatively coupled to the electronics assembly to take one or more images of a dosage dial of the prefabricated injection pen, the particular sleeve being designed to ensure that the dial reader is positioned over the dosage dial, the micro optics subsystem being activated upon detecting of the injection by the sensor; and   an imaging subsystem communicatively coupled to the electronics assembly, the imaging subsystem to recognize characters in the one or more images taken by the dial reader of the micro optics subsystem.